Not long after Feng Qingyan returned to the wooden house, Zhou Chang arrived in a carriage, followed by several craftsmen. He got out of the car and said hello to Feng Qingyan, then walked around to select a site. After a while, he asked the craftsmen to break ground.
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His thatched hut was built not far from the wooden house, about twenty feet away.
"Remember to repair the road. It's best to lay it with green bricks or stone slabs, otherwise it will be impossible to walk on rainy days." Zhou Chang told the coachman when he returned to the wooden house.
At this time, he walked up the steps of the wooden house and shouted: "Brother Feng, the morning lecture is about to begin."
"coming."
Feng Qingyan came out of the study.
"Let's go, take my carriage and go to the thatched cottage together." Zhou Chang pulled Feng Qingyan's hand, looking quite close, "I have been in Bocheng for a few days, but I haven't listened to the teachings of Master An. It's really wrong."
"Brother Zhou also went to the morning hall?" Feng Qingyan asked in surprise.
"Why can't you go?" Zhou Chang asked with a smile, "The Master said: If you review the past and learn the new, you can become a teacher."
Feng Qingyan couldn't help but smile and got on Zhou Chang's carriage.
Soon they arrived in front of the thatched cottage, and the two got off the car and walked into the morning hall together. At this time, the thatched cottage was still relatively deserted, but it became lively after several children arrived.
The children looked at Zhou Chang curiously with wide eyes.
Zhou Chang nodded one by one.
As time passed, many students came from Bo City in front of the thatched cottage and on both sides of the Lingshui River.
"Hey, how come Changlong is sitting in the morning hall?"
The sharp-eyed students were very surprised to see that there was not only Feng Qingyan in the morning hall, but also Zhou Chang, the prince and grandson from the royal city.
Zhou Chang, whose name is Chang and whose courtesy name is Changlong.
Moreover, they also saw that Zhou Chang and Feng Qingyan were quite close, which made them even more surprised. How could Zhou Changlong, who was full of knowledge and had learned a lot, be so close to an illiterate commoner, and even sit at the same table?
If it's just illiterate, it doesn't matter. Just don't get close to him.
However, that person's moral character is lacking.
Sitting at the same table, wouldn't it be...
Of course, not everyone believed Che Gai's words, and there were some who said bad things. In fact, there were also some, like Che Gai, who were jealous of Feng Qingyan's extraordinary detachment, and were quite dissatisfied...
After the morning lectures ended, a group of students gathered in front of the morning class.
"Changlong, why do you sit in the morning hall?" A student asked curiously. Although they respected Master An very much, they did not need to sit in the morning hall to listen to the teachings.
"Yes, Brother Zhou, why did you end up in the morning hall?"
"Brother Zhou, I heard that this man has bad moral character, don't be deceived by his appearance." Someone pointed at Feng Qingyan and said, reminding Zhou Chang not to make careless friends.
"I have also heard that this person pretends to be noble on the surface, but in fact he is just flattering, just to make friends with the nobles and the children of the family." Another person stood up and shook his head. The intention was also to remind Zhou Chang not to be deceived.
Zhou Chang heard the words and quickly stretched out his hand to press it down, saying: "I am really touched by your kindness. However, you don't know something. Brother Feng is not a man with bad virtues or a flattering person. He is actually slandered by villains.
To ruin Brother Feng’s reputation.”
When the students heard this, they exploded and became furious. They never expected that they were actually being used by villains. They claimed to be scholars, sensible, right from wrong, good and evil, but they couldn't see through a single rumor...
This really makes them feel guilty.
"I see, I've already felt that something was wrong. Otherwise, how could it have spread throughout Bo City in just a few days?" Someone suddenly realized.
"I said before, someone will create rumors to confuse the public."
Some students said one after another that they had already seen through it.
"In that case, why did Brother Feng come to the morning hall?" Some students asked curiously, "Is it true that Brother Feng is illiterate as the rumors say? Brother Feng, please don't be offended. I'm just curious."
"How can Brother Feng be a white man? Brother Feng's talent and learning are not as good as mine." Zhou Chang said with some emotion.
The students couldn't help but exclaimed when they heard this. They didn't quite believe what Zhou Chang said, thinking that Zhou Chang was just being modest and trying to save Feng Qingyan's face.
"Brother Feng is from the north. Because he is not good at elegant speech, he sits with the children every day and learns elegant speech from Master An." Zhou Chang explained.
When everyone heard this, they finally understood.
It is normal that people in the North are not good at elegant speech. Because they do not have the conditions, it is not uncommon in the North to learn elegant speech now.
"Brother Feng, I listened to a villain and almost blamed you wrongly. Please forgive me." A student of sixteen or seventeen years old walked up to Feng Qingyan and bowed.
"This is a villain's fault, what does it have to do with brother?" Feng Qingyan said with a smile.
"Brother Feng, I don't know right from wrong, and I wrongly blamed you. Please forgive me." Another student came forward and bowed and apologized.
"Brother, why do you need to blame yourself? He is just a disgusting villain."
Soon, the students dispersed, and Feng Qingyan bowed respectfully to Zhou Chang and said, "Qingyan thanks Brother Zhou. If Brother Zhou hadn't taken action, I'm afraid Qingyan would still be trapped in rumors."
"Brother Feng, you're welcome."
Zhou Chang waved his hand and said: "It's just a little effort. Even if I'm not here, Brother Feng can still break the rumors."
Che Gai, who was hiding in the darkness, turned pale.
If the students found out that he was spreading rumors and causing trouble, they would probably tear him apart. Originally, he wanted to find a chance to get over it so that Feng Qingyan could forgive him...
But now I was extremely frightened and returned to the inn in a state of anxiety.
When he woke up, it was already dark.
He was terrified and his whole body was trembling.
"Zizhi, save me!"
At this time, Che Gai rushed to Fu Lin's room in panic. His face was extremely pale, and he was completely lost. He had lost his former grace and cried: "Zizhi, I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong.
Save me, save me..."
Although Fu Lin was angry, he couldn't bear to see Che Gai like this.
He opened the door and said: "Baji, the only one who can save you now is yourself, do you understand? Master An is the Prime Minister of Wen, how can you think that what happened under Master An's eyes will not happen to Master An?"
Do you know? Why are you so stubborn?"
"I understand, I understand, I will go and apologize to him now, I will go now..."
Che Gai murmured, before he climbed into Fu Lin's room door, he rushed out on his hands and knees. How could he still look like a scholar?
This scene made Fu Lin extremely sad, and he couldn't help but said sadly: "Baji!"
"Zizhi, I know my mistake. I really know my mistake. I'm going to apologize to him. I'm going to admit my mistake to him now..." Che Gai murmured, stumbled out of the inn, and yelled out of his mind as he ran:
"It was my fault. I shouldn't have spread rumors and caused trouble. I shouldn't have maliciously slandered me. I'm a despicable person..."
Fu Lin followed closely behind, feeling extremely sad in his heart.
When I heard Che Gai shout "I am a despicable person", I couldn't help but cover my face and cry...
Everyone was very curious after hearing this, and opened their doors and windows to watch.
When he found out that he was the one spreading rumors and causing trouble and ruining people's reputations, he couldn't help but cursed loudly and wanted to spit in his face. No one had the slightest sympathy.
All of this is self-inflicted and there is no one to blame.